This guide for independent learning and workplace training presents seven powerful strategies for staying ahead in today's knowledge-based economy. These days, perpetual learning is an essential professional skill and a vital part of any business. It's important to have effective learning strategies that work for you and your team. This practical guide offers a comprehensive approach to creating a focused philosophy of learning, choosing the best...

"Mindshift reveals how we can overcome stereotypes and preconceived ideas about what is possible for us to learn and become. At a time when we are constantly being asked to retrain and reinvent ourselves to adapt to new technologies and changing industries, this book shows us how we can uncover and develop talents we didn't realize we had--no matter what our age or background. Drawing on the latest neuroscientific insights, Dr. Oakley shepherds us...

Addressing Health Disparities in the LGBTQIA+ Community is a comprehensive compilation of medical students' researches, reflections and discussions on the issue of health disparities experienced by the LGBTQIA community in the healthcare industry. It is a book that would be a good resource to medical students, health professions students in the Dentistry, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Public Health and the Social Sciences. This book is...

This two-week Spelling course book is meant for the general reader — especially if he/she is a weak speller. It contains methods that are not found in any other spelling book — methods that are much more effective than those currently being used. Whoever you are, this book will definitely improve your spelling. The following are the unique features of this book: Ten Methods guaranteed to improve your spelling Exercises throughout the text to...

Late in 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of Jaffee v. Redmond, over the issue of psychotherapy-patient confidentiality and specifically whether a clinical social worker and her client had the right to withhold case notes in a federal court proceeding. In early 1996 the Supreme Court ruled that, in all federal courts, the principle of privacy and confidentiality of therapeutic disclosures trumped the evidentiary value of such notes (with...

When long-time reporter Carl Walworth volunteers for a local literacy program, he never imagines his weekly lesson with Eldo Ealy will turn into a twenty-four-year friendship. Nor does he anticipate what he learns in return: innovation, endurance, and the art of giving. Questioning assumptions and putting a human face on nonreaders, The Mayor of Moultrie Avenue explores education, health care, and poverty alongside the changing face of blue-collar...

This book was written based on radical honesty in parenting. Answer questions considering the kid's current stage of development and understanding. "-So, every time you have intercourse, you will have a baby?" Well, the moment the question was out, Uma realized there are two kinds of sex talk, the recreational and the other, that don't involve reproduction. Radical honesty can be uncomfortable sometimes, there will always be questions what hard...

Relentless Journeys is a collection of literacy stories shared by three women in Canada who are adult literacy learners. They have joined together to help bring awareness about literacy issues that 42% of Canadians face every day. Carey Rigby-Wilcox Carey's struggles with literacy issues did not stop her; she has risen above those challenges to achieve a full life. She was someone who found reading a struggle, but because of her volunteer tutor she...

Spark a culture of success. Building a professional learning community that fosters collaboration and collective responsibility can create lasting change and improve student learning schoolwide. Investigate the five challenges to school improvement, and uncover research-based strategies to confront them. Read a true account of a school that experienced reform, reversed its culture of failure, and reaped lasting results.

In Get Your Black-Belt in Proactive-Wellness: First Degree, you will discover the 7 Portals of Proactive-Wellness, which make up the Proactive-Wellness education system. By educating yourself with this powerful education system and applying these principals into your daily life experience, you will open up doors of possibility, where walls used to be. You will learn: - How to communicate with and program your body's intelligence to improve its functionality. -...